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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.411
Date:
ca. 1900-1930
Medium:
metal, celluloid
Dimensions:
2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This tiny turtle paperweight is made of greenish-gray colored metal with a clip on celluloid top that reads "The Place/ to eat Fish/ Bernsteins/ Fish Grotto/ 123 Powell St./ 6 Sacramento St./ San Francisco Cal.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
